happy and hot 4th of july!

i thought i ought to post before the power went out again, its been off and on for the past several days. the fires are currently burning about 1 to 2 miles from my house, and many of the homes in my area are threatened. so far, everyone is safe. my neighborhood has not been given an evacuation warning yet, so we are thankful for that. otherwise, life is carrying on like normal - and we did our best to enjoy our country's birthday. i hope you all did too.

here's a few pictures...

...the first is a picture of the sun through the smoke and ash. the second is the fire behind our house (taken from my roof). the rest are our patriotic little munchkins.

nick and tammy's engagement session

nick and tammy are such great sports. they powered through this engagement session without complaint despite it being one of the windiest day of the year. by the end of the evening i'm sure they were frozen, but you would have never known it with all the fun they were having! thanks nick and tammy!